Ribbon badge with medal: Hoboken Board of Trade 1907.
Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0116
Description
Ribbon badge with medal: Hoboken Board of Trade 1907. Issued ca. 1907-1917. Silver finish cast relief metal medallion, irregular 1-5/16" diameter with integral hanging ring; reverse plain except for maker's mark: C.G. Braxmar Co., N.Y.; with 1-3/8" wide black grosgrain ribbon with fob chain. Overall height including chain: 7-1/2".
Front depicts the Seal of the City of Hoboken art as the center with perimeter lettering: Hoboken Board of Trade 1907.
The black ribbon usually indicates the use of the ribbon badge for memorial occasions such as a funeral or memorial service, but it may have have been a fashion and possibly used with a watch or watch chain.
The Board of Trade was founded in 1907 as a business promotion organization. By the early 1920s it was superceded by the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce.
Acquisition
Accession
2012.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
